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Communicating Across Contexts - Academic Argument: Textual Analysis Assignment
Requirements - Textually analyze Paris, E. (2018, April). Canada's Multiculturalism Is Our Identity. Globe and Mail.
Your Academic Argument: Textual Analysis of the above source must be submitted as a .docx Word document. It should be 750 words, and it should include an APA reference for the source at the end.
Description -
This assignment is analogous to the kinds of essays you will be required to write in some of your other classes. In this instance, "textual analysis" literally means analyzing the text. What techniques that we have discussed in COM 101 are apparent in the argument being made in the text? How successful are these techniques in supporting the piece's argument? What are the main points of the article? What kind of details or evidence is used to support these main points?
While doing research, organize your notations into successful techniques, unsuccessful techniques, and things that are left out altogether. Alternatively, organize your materials into types of techniques. Your goal is to create an outline around which you can build paragraphs that each deal with a discrete topic.
Your first paragraph should identify the author, article, and main point of the article. You should then include your own thesis. Strong theses will make a single argument, focusing on a single aspect of the article that, in your estimation, makes it successful or unsuccessful. Acceptable but less strong theses might identify several factors. Before you have to submit this assignment we'll cover good and bad theses in class in Weeks 5 and 6. From there, you should use the materials that you've gathered to substantiate your thesis. This assignment should feature several direct quotes from the article and demonstrate your ability to paraphrase. During Week 8, we will do an exercise as an example for this assignment. In Week 9, you will have a chance to work on this assignment in class. Please come prepared with drafts or questions to work on by yourself, with classmates, or with me. We will not be discussing this article in class, FYI.